Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 04, 1918, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
?The United States enters the new
year with a national debt of five billions.
six hundred and fifteen millions,
more than five times as great as when
this country entered the war nine
months ago. The debt per capita Is
about fifty-one dollars. The debt of
-.11 A a lllcu lx ahout thirtv-four
billions, while the debt of the Teutonic
allies is about forty billion.
? "The price of 11.95 for corn in
North Atlantic states is simply a
problem of car shortage." says Mr.
Hoover. "The farmers wish to dispose
of their corn, and trading is going
on In certain localities as low as
11.10 a bushel. The corn raiser does
not benefit from a high market which
he cannot reach. Therefore, our feed
and our milk situations are inextricably
entangled with our railway situation.
If we can secure free movement
of grain there is hope of cheaper
milk."
? Fifty thousand tons of linseed
cake, originally consigned to Holland,
but held up because the Netherlands
government refused guarantees not to
permit dairy products to go into Germany.
will be sold ut the request of
the consignees. In making this announcement
Tuesday night, the food
administration said it hoped to dispose
of the cake for consumption in
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Knglund In order that it may not burden
railroad facilities and because it
will turmsn a lurge i>?riiuu u>
concentrated feeds needed this winter
and spring in that part of the
country.
?Total sales by postofflces throughout
the country' of thrift and war
savings stamps amount to $2,768,114,
it was announced in New York last
Tuesday night. This amount, which
represents $2,066,550 in war savings
and $601,564 in thrift stamps, does not
include the distribution made by federal
reserve banks to agents of the
lirst and second class, which it was
estimated, would at least double the
sales of postofflces. New York city
lends with sales of 51,240 war savings
and 300,812 thrift stamps, while Chicago
is second with 50,961 und 204,016,
respectively; Cincinnati is third, L>etroit
fourth, Kansas City, Mo., fifth,
and Pittsburg is sixth.
?More than $150,000 was pledged toward
the movement to repeople Palestine
with Jews and to recreate one ol
the nations of antiquity, by representatives
of ten states attending the
middle west Zionists convention in
Chicago last Tuesday. A fund of $1.000,000
is planned. The convention
also made the first move toward creating
peace among the warring elements
In Zionism, when it adopted a
resolution calling upon the members
of the Zionist provisional committee
headed by Justice Louis D. Brandies,
to seek to harmonise its differences
with the Rabbinical wing of the movement.
Belief was voiced by Jewish
leaders that the rupture made in
Baltimore more than a year ago because
of a question of committee representation
would be. closed us a result
of the resolution.
? After several days of bitter cold
and intensive suffering from the general
fuel shortage. New York city hnd
its first reul coal riot last Tuesday.
The disorder began when several
hundred men, women and children,
who had lined up outside a large coal
yard at 119th street and the East
river, discovered several loaded trucks
leaving the yard after announcement
nau oven rouuv in>u uivk *.?*?
for sale. Some of those who had been
waiting patiently with pails, bags,
small -wagons and baby carriages, at
once began to stone the office windows.
Others followed the trucks, unhooked
the rear chutes and seized the coal
that streamed Into the street. Police
reserves were called and succeeded
in restoring order when a representative
of the coal company announced
that coal would be sold In
small lots after certain hospitals had
been served.
? Another reverse for the Teutonic
allied urms, following that effected by
the French troops in their initial
rdrive on the northern front In Italy,
laifs 'in'ft iW^W&us
Zenson loop on the lower reaches of
the Pluve river. Here the enemy has
been driven to the eastern bank of the
streams from positions he had held
since the Italians in their retrograd
movement from the Isonzo made their
stand along the western shore of the
Plave. Thus the entire right bank of
the Plave has been cleared of the Invaders,
except far to the north, where]
the battle line runs westward from the
stream through the hill region. The
lighting for the Zenson bridgehead has
been In progress since Thursday of
last week, the Italians keeping energetically
after the foe in order to regain
the positions which always has
been considered a menace to Venice.
Heavy casualties were inflicted on the
enemy by the artillery and rifle Are
of the Italians before he was forced
to recross the stream.
? What the beginning of the New
Year rinds at the buttle fronts is outlined
by Secretary Baker In his weekly
review of military operations Issued
Monday night by the war department.
In the west, he says, the British dominate
the Flanders plain with a great
wedge into the principal German line
of defense at Cambrai, while the
French, with their own lines unbroken
hold the key to the Laon area
through the capture of Chenln Des
Domes. Italy, supported by the allies,
is holding Ann. while the enemy, alter
battering in vain for six weeks
against the defenders. Is busy preparing
for a renewed offensive. Of
Russia, the review merely says the
Germans are endeavoring to persuade
that country that they are eager to
assist in restoring normal conditions,
and that the German embassy building
at Petrograd Is being made ready
for occupancy, wnue me opcruuou ui
American troops at the front has been
confined to narrow limits, the secretary
sa.vs their presence has heartened
the allies and increased faith in
final victory.
? At leaat 1.000,000 Greeks, men. women
and children, have perished as the
result of organized massacres and deportations
by "the Turco-Teutons" in
Asiatic Turkey, according to a statement
by Lazaros George Mucrldes.
son of a leading merchant of Treblzond.
made public through the Armenian
and Syrian relief committee in
New York. Mncrides, who recently
arrived says he was one of a party of
2.000 Greeks which was rescued by
the Russian fleet that bombarded the
town of Ordou late last August, and
took the refugees aboard. He had been
taken to Ordou. he said, when the
Turks, raided Trebizond and seized his
father's store along with those of other
Greek merchants. "Those of us who
were between the ages of 16 and 60
were drafted into the Turkish army,"
says Macrldes. "Our women and
children and the older men were placed
temporarily in homes or orphanages
until the opportunity offered to
dispose of them in the approved
Turco-Teuton fashion, which in this
Instance, turned out to be by whole
(tale drowning, ine umonunaie survivors
of deportations were towed out
for several miles into the Black Sea
and then calmly dumped overboard
Just like so much garbage. None of
them survived. I should think that
at least one million of my fellow
countrymen have perished miserably
through the organised cruelty of this
Turco-Teuton alliance. The only hope
of the future lies In America."
? The following dispatch from London
has been received at Ottowa,
Canada by the Reuters, Limited,
agency: "A dispatch from British
headquarter* states that the enemy's
attacks yesterday northwest of La
Vavquerle were carried out after a
fierce bombardment The attack was
concentrated on a half mile front and
the enemy waves advanced under
covor of liquid lire. Parties swarmed
Into a short length of trenches on the
right but elsewhere they were unable
to rush the parapet In face of heavy
machine gun and rifle Are, While
our supports were orgs nixing for the
counterattack our gunners put up a
fierce barrage against the Invaders,
driving them to cover with the result
that when we crossed the snow clad
ground we took the whole of the
trenches the Germans had carried.
The new year was ushered In according
to custom. 'At midnight groups of
batteries put over selvoe of nigh explosives
in bursts of a dosen at a time,
thus Indicating that It was It o'clock.
Then other gvaaers Joined Us pence.
?
ually with firing, Indicating the numeral!
1918 af:er which bouquets of
gas sheila were sent speeding to the
Germans a happy new year. A wonderful
story is told of the adventure
of u young airman who In thick
weather landed and asked a peasant
his whereabouts. At that moment he
beheld a troop of German cavalry
galloping toward him. He Immediately
opened his engine full, and
skimming the ground, charged the advancing
Germans. The leading officer
fired an automatic pistol and the airman
began operating his machine gun.
The enemy's casualties include the
officers and numerous men and horses.
Th?- remainder bolted. The airman
intended leaving nothing to chance,
so he Hew a great distance west to
ensure landing on the British side.
When he next landed it was needless
to ask his whereabouts because he
recognized Paris only a few kilometres
away."
(The \lorkvillf tfttquirrt.
Entered at the Postofflce at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORK. S. C.S
FRIDAY. JANUARY 4, 1918.
The general assembly convenes next
Tuesday, and although there has been
talk of a short session, we are looking
for the usual forty days. Also
we are looking for quite it lot of unnecessary
foolishness.
Several exchanges have suggested
that convicts be put to cutting wood
to make up for the fuel shortage. If
there were enough convicts to cut
the wood that would be all right; but
there arc not enough. However, if
all the vagrants were put to work,
that would do the trick.
Grantland Rice, the well known
sporting writer, gels off this one:
"We have always wanted to come to
Jrecnville ever since we heard the
old hymn: "From Greenville's ley
mountain to India's coral strand." The
author of this popular song knew
something."
A dispatch says that Hindenburg
has ordered the German soldiers to
dig their trenches twenty feet wide
so as to make more difficult their
crossing by Rrltish tanks. Maybe the
story is true and maybe it is not; but
if it is true it seems to us that a
trench twenty feet wide will make a
much better target for grenades,
bombs and shells than a trench four
<>r six feet wide.
One of the greatest objections to
increasing the assessed \nluntion of
the property of the state is the three
mill constitutional levy for school
purposes. At least more people re
cur to thin objection than to any other
single objection. As a matter of fact
this objection is not worthy of consideration.
An increased assessment,
resulting in an increased amount because
of the constitutional school tax
would reduce or do^awny with
*oxcs? - -<g^
At the last session of the general
assembly. Representative Mitchell of
York, introduced a bill providing for
the election of judges by the people.
There was an unfavorable committee
report on the bill, however, and It Is
practically dead. Rut this bill should
pass. As matters now stand, the
lawyers of South Carolina have far
more control over the government of
the state than the people have, and
if the people would really govern
themselves, they must Insist upon the
election of their Judges.
We recognize the very serious ne
cessity of revising and reforming the
tax assessment muchlnery of South
Carolina; but we are not looking for
u great deal of relief from the tax
commission. As we see It, the tax
commission has all the power It requires
and if it has the ability to bring
about needed reform, it lacks the
nerve. We are not predicting that
the general assembly Is going to abolish
the lax commission at its next
session, but if it does do so we will
not be at all surprised.
Commenting on the announcement
by Representative E. G. Nunn that
he will not stand for re-election, the
Columbia State remarks:
Mr. Nunn. we believe. Is a cotton
mill worker and it would be well if
the workers in mills had more representatives
in the general assembly.
The reason that he gives for declining
to seek re-election should cause
the people of the state to think. Politicians
are forever jabbering about
the cost of government and high taxes.
but here is a working man who.
after three years' experience, discovers
that he cannot afford to come to
the legislature for $200 a year and
mileage. One is not surprised at his
conclusion. How can any working
man in these times, if he has a family
and no outside source of income,
afford to give up his work and serve
the state at a compensation that will
scarcely defray his expenses while he
is In Columbia? The government
of South Carolina will have to become
a government by the well-to-do and
wealthy, unless the people shall be
willing to pay salaries that will en
auie pour uicu iu ovi?c nimi.
With regard to fixing the price of
cotton we have only about this to
say: Since it has become necessary
to fix the price of certain commodities,
like steel, flour, coal and the like,
there can be no very great objection
to fixing the price of cotton. The
only thing to be insisted upon is that
if the price of cotton is to be fixed,
then the figure should be one that
will continue to give the farmer for
his cotton as much as steel, flour,
meat, coal, oil, etc., as he could get
before the war. While the southern
farmer would naturally prefer to
leave the prico of his cotton to supply
and demand, we do not think that
he will be unreasonable about the
matter. Me will submit to price fixing
on an equality with other commodities;
but unless the farmer gets
a fair deal In the matter?unless
prices are fixed. If fixed at all, on a
basis that will enable him to keep his
head above water, then he will not
raise the cotton but will devote himself
to foodstuffs and the like.
Greatest Public Fault.
We bad what we are going to say
here for a New Tear editorial; but
there was no room for it in the last
issue and It will do just as well today.
The greatest fault of this day and
time Is profligate thrtftleasneas, and
we must correct this fault or It will
be worse for us.
War conditions are going a long
way just sow to help vm lesrn the.
lesson, but If we &re to derive the J
greatest benefit from that leeeou we
must use our intelligence, and we
must look upon the lesson as a benefit
rather than an evil.
Most of us are inclined to be
spendthrifts. We-do not properly appreciate
the real?pfflce and function
of money. We teach ourselves to
look upon money only as a means to
gratify our wants, and generally we
allow ourselves to. have the wants
before we have the money.
Nine out of ten of us are continually
and everlastingly in debt, and
four out of five of the nine are not
nearly so much concerned about paying
the debts they owe as they are
about accumulating more debts.
All this is wrong, and the people
who pursue such practices not only
barm others but harm themselves.
They are drones of the most reprehensible
kind, and they need to be
reformed not only for the benefit of
themselves, but for the benefit of the
communities In which they live.
In the situation in which the country
now finds itself it is incumbent
upon ei ery man who can to help his
neighbor: but it is very necessary and <
very important that every man who
is in a position to help his neighbor
chnnl.l ilhmnnH fh<? full rn.nnprLtinn
of that neighbor in helping himself.
This is no time to encourage dole**
idleness in people who are able to do. '
and people who are able to do; but
unwilling to do, should not be allowv'd
to hinder those who are both able 1
arid willing.
Waste must be stopped forthwith,
and people who have heretofore had
the idea that they had a right to do
as they pleased with their money
must be taught that they can do as 1
they please with their money, provld- '
ed they please to do something right !
and sensible with it.
The duty of the hour is to save, to '
save food, save fuel, save money, save
everything that might otherwise be i
wasted. I
It is true that we are politically I
the greutest people on earth; but it I
is also true that we are confronted <
with the greatest task that has ever 1
confronted uny people, and the successful
achievement of that task is |
calling for the expense of every ounce \
of resource we have?material, phy- j
sical, moral and intellectual. j
Some of us think we have practlc- <
ed self-denial; hut few of us really i
have.
I'rom now on, we must. ,
Possibilities of Peace.
There is u growing world-wide belief
in the possibility of an early
peace.
There is nothing definite in the
situation further than that everybody
is instinctively feeling a change in
the attitude of the powers to the subject.
We think we can see a change in
the whole situation; but we are not
looking for a settlement yet a while.
Russia Is pretty well smashed, but
not at all satisfied with herself, because
her resources are still simply
immense and the division among her
people is sufficient to leave her in
doubt as to the extent to which she has
played fool.
France has suffered terrjbly and is
syu^sufferlng, but has no notion of
1 peace with the Invader on
1 T- W - eha rf" -ha*
powerful backing by which she is
now being supported,
The British empire iB being drained
as it has never been drained before,
and although it is not lacking
in either the pluck or endurance to
continue the struggle indefinitely, it
with America Derore sne aectaes to i
give up any of the advantages that a
she has won. &
However, Germany is now on the I
defensive, and she knows that too. a
All the Allies understand that j
while they havs the ability and the a
power to bring Germany to her knees t
the price they will have to pay for c
that consummation still promises to c
be something appalling. a
Germany can get peace now by giving
up a great deal more than she t
ever expected to give up; but aa to f
whether she will do that or go on to c
a conclusion- remains to be seen. 1
It may be that peace is near, and (
we hope It is near; but whether It Is
depends, in our opinion, on whether v
Germany has sufficient supplies of c
food and clothing, principally food. (
to take lu-r past the breaking of the (
present horrible winter.
The Procuring of Nrtratac. Con- c
greesmon Stevenson has been conferring
with officials of the government
regarding the matter of how the
farmer* win get their nitrate* from
Charleston and Savannah, both of
which cities have been named as unloading
points from Chill. Be was
informed that the work of arranging
these details and of forming th*
Georgia-Carolina territory Into a
workable shape so that actual deliveries
may be made without delay. Is
now progressing satisfactorily. Within
a few days he will be awe to announce
Just what the tunm win
have to do to secure their nitrate sup pUea.
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LOCAL. AFrAlRSt
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. M. Love. Co. Auditor?Publishes a
notice of special interest to parties
returning property for taxation,
diss Rachel Quinn?Has two rood
farm mules for sale,
lima Drue Co., Sharon?Thanks its,
patrons for past favors and hopes to
nerve you during 1918.
F. EL Beamguard, Manager?Gives notice
that the Clover Oil Mill ginnery
will be operated two days a week
until further notice,
lickory Handle A Mfg. Co., Conover.
N. C.?Wants hickory blocks and
split billets.
1. C. Robbins, Clerk?Calls a meeting
of Hopewell camp, W. O. W., for tomorrow
night for election of officers!
L M. Grist and C. W. Carroll, Admra
?Give notice to debtors and creditors
of estate of O. E. Grist, deceases.
^ R. Williams. Probate Judge?Glg?s
notice that Mrs. Minnie P. Shwtr
has applied for letters of administr&J
tion on estate of John W. Sharer*,
deceased.
fork Supply Co.?Wants you to see It
for all kinds of lumber and building
materials. Everything from pillars
to the roof.
3eo. W. Williams?Has opened his
office in the First National bank,
building for the handling of real estate.
Shieder Drug Store?Can supply business
folks with all kinds of blank
books, and invites your patronage in
other lines. /_
rorkville Cotton Oil Mill?Will eT
change meal and hulls for s e\
Good second-hand sacks wanted. p
?irst National Bank, York?Continue!
to emphasize the value of its Christmas
savings club as an educator for
Ctort r\ anvo nntL'
Lioan and Savings Bank?Emphasize*
the necessity for savings and calls
attention to several good ways of
saving that It offers its patrons.
There has been a very considerable
dump in the price of hides within
he past few weeks, the wholesalers
ire now paying about 18 cents a
pound, compared with 29 cents at this
time last year.
Subscribers who fail to receive the
lext issue of The Enquirer will please
take notice now that It is because
their names have not been returned
Tor 1918. Those who desire the continuance
of their subscriptions should
look after the matter at once.
Th# Enquirer has a copy of the
Palestine tTexas) Herald announcing
the recent opening of the "Carolina"
itore by the Bratton Candy Btore at
Palestine. Dr. Clarence Bratton, son
t>f Mr. X. B. Bratton of Yorkville, is
the principal owner of the company.
Savannah, CHarlsston and Jacksonville
have been designated us the
ports at which shipments of nitrate
will be received from Chill. People
who want to buy that nitrate must
<et busy. There will be no surplus,
md there will be very few profits
.harged against it qfter it reaches the
United States.
|f ths York delegation in the general
assembly would confer a special
benefit on York county, it should proride
an adequate system of cotton
miml/Aiinar of Ihuuf to thP MtfiTlt Of
is looking on the enemy with considerably
more respect, to say the least
of it, than at the beginning.
Nobody, however, need look for the
British to lay down, for they are not
built that way.
It is not to be denied that Germany
has put up the most terrific
and remarkable war that the wprld
has ever witnessed. She has given
the European Allies a fearful fight,
and she has about a plenty herself;
but Mhe is not all In yet?not py a
great deal.
Except for the entrance of America,
Germany would now easily be the
dominating nation of the world?supreme
on both land and sea. J3ut
since the entrance of America she is
not that and she Is not going to be
that.
Up to this time America has done
very little other than furnish her allies
with food, equipment and munitions.
while she Is getting ready
herself. Her getting ready has Involved
the spending of billions and It
will involve the spending of still other
billions; but it will do more than
that. The blow she will strike when
she is ready, will prove the decisive
In thn otrn Ctrl o
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England and France know this
and Germany knows It.
This is one of the things?It is the
principal thing that Is contributing to
the widespread feeling of peace
throughout the world.
Germany is in a position to get
a better settlement now than she can
hope to get after America has struck
the terrific blow she is now preparing
to strike and Germany knows it.
But Germany is not showing any
disposition to lie down yet. Apparently
Bhe is fully resolred to grapple
requiring that there be no original
selling of cotton except a* public platforms
presided over by blic weighers.
The war savings stamp Is the most
attractive security that has ever
been offered by the government. In
addition to paying 4 per cent compounded
quarterly, It may In case of
need be pashed on ten days' not!/11
Sj?f cpurgys^rchaaers of ftampg oiP
not to be encouraged to caair'tireni
before maturity; but still If the
holders of the stamps need the money
they will be able to get the same.
Mr. J. J, J. Robinson, formerly of
the Howell's Ferry neighborhood,
now of the Reth-Shlloh section, says
that according to hie recollection the
severest freeze he has ever known on
Broad river was In December and
January 1885-86. There came a terrible
cold snap right after Christmas
that lasted into January?about
10 days or two weeks. The river
froze from bank to bank and an east
wind came along and made the ice
thicker and thicker. People walked
icross the river freely. The river ha*
been full of drift ice many another
time in Mr. Robinson's recollection;
but It has never frozen entirely across
it any other time.
Mr. R. A. Brown, who Uvea near
Howell's Ferry In Broad River township,
and who has been living there
'or 39 years, says that the river has
been frozen over twice within that
beriod?frozen over thick enough to
bear the weight of a man all the
vay across. He did not try to cross
>n the Ice; but he knew of others
loing so. He is quite positive that
.he river was frozen over in 1889,
ilong 1. February; but he does not
emember the other year. There
vas lots of ice in the river some
hree weeks ago and again this week;
>ut the ice did not form ail the way
scrosii. According to Mr. Brown that
vas because of the rise and fall of
he stream with the operation of the
bower plants above.
The thrift savings stamps are a
nost attractive form of small investment,
and lots of Tork county peo>le
are buying them. Their attracion
consists in the 4 per cent inter'St
compounded quarterly, and nbllly
to cash them after 10 days' notice
n case of need. The stamps are beng
sold by all the banks, all the post fflces,
all the letter carriers and all
he rural carriers. Every purchase of
l stamp not only serves as a profitible
Investment for the purchaser;
>ut it helps to feed, clothe and arm
t soldier. There are few people so
>oor as to be able to buy one of these
itamps, and there are none so rich as
o be able to ignore them. The Idea
>f the stamp Is to give everybody an
>pportunlty to help and everybody
ihould help.
Inf#rmatipn was received here a
ew days ago to the effect that the
bod administration had abrogated all
ontracts between flour mills and
wholesalers, and had authorised an
ncrease of 80 cents a barrel on the
nice of flour. The order also proidep
that hereafter there will be
inly two gtade* of flour, first and
econd patent and that tbe superialve
white will be out out |t la presided
that mill feed aad the like be
educed |10 a ton In order to ea ourage
the feeding of hogs aad catIs.
This oider with reference to
loar la calculated to tnake some peoile
panicky; but there Is no need for
mything of tbe kind. The adniltrtsratlon
knows that there Is plenty of
oodetoffs lp the country, and propos
to aee that they are pot wtthtn
each of all the people, with as Uttle
iroflt as poedblf. Xo greedy hoardU
is'to be allowed and people who!
hlnk to jwrrtde for thegtaefree
rbether anybody else pets anything!
r not are advised to |o alow, ?r thsjrj
nay come to grief. TMs win certalar
beppen if U?e food
' V* T''* ' 1 '
shall decide to to Into homes for the
1 purpose of seeing who has supplies Id
excess of individual requirements.
I ABOUT PEOPLE
' Mrs. Lowry Guy underwent an operation
in a Chester hospital Tuesday,
and is convalescing nicely.
Corporal J. R. Logan of Camp
Jackson, is spending several days at
, his home in Yorkville.
Mrs. John F. Y-'ingblood is spending
a few days n relatives at Bessemer
City, N. U.
Miss Frances Pegram of Yorkville.
'visited relatives in Lowryville this
week.
Mrs. W. C. Erwln of Florence, Is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Lowry, in Yorkville.
Misses Margaret and Norma Grist
of Yorkville, are visiting Mr. J. C.
Blair's family on Sharon No. 1.
Dr. S. L Steele has taken a position
with Mr. J. M. Stroup as salesman.
Henry Herndon of Georgia Tech.,
Atlanta. fia_. is stiendlne several davs
with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Herndon,
In Yorkville.
Mrs. J. E. Stroup and son. James
Ernest, of Yorkville, spent several
days this week with Mrs. E. \V. Long.
In Charlotte.
Dr. Robert L. Moore of Cilumbia,
has been critically 111 in that city during
the past few days, suffering from
uraemic poisoning.
Mrs. C. H. Nabors, formerly Miss
Minnie Whitesides, sustained quite a
serious fall on the ice at her home at
| Carrollton. Ala., during the holidays:
and was confined to her bed for several
days as the result. She. however,
has since recovered.
CLASSIFIED REGISTRANTS.
During the past two days Local
Board N'o. 2 has classified sixty-five
out. of ninety-six registrants, and recalled
twenty-six for corrections in
their questlonaires. Most of the registrants
classified go in class 4, for
the reason that most of the availables
had already been gleaned out of the
list and sent into the service. The
result of the classification so far is as
follows:
Class 1?Wm, Glenn McCarley, Ed
Fin ley, Jeff Davis Clark, John Andrew
Currence, Claude Logan Moore, Henry
Wad?7 James Marion Workman.
John Franklin Wooten, Clarence
Craig Boyd. Clarence Tayior.
Class 2?None.
Class 3?None.
Class 4?Forest Logan, Moses Roberts,
Marcus Raymond Dickson, Joseph
Alexander Bigger. Leman Hoyle,
Joseph Theodore Brandon, John Byers,
Steve Crawford, Charles Harrison
Smith, Clarence Jesse Lutz, Ira Lewis
McCarter, John Floyd, Joseph Alexander
Adkins, William Thomas Neely,
Will Chambers, Jesse Hall, John
James Bigger, Leon McDill Allison,
Caesar Dunlap, Walter Thomas,
Freulheim Tate. Alfred Williams,
Lewis Andrew Wright, William Fassett,
Harry Rufus Coin, Samuel Hay
Neely, William Thomas Baker, Will
Webb. Wade Franklin Gilflllen, WllHam
Morean. Roland Currence. Geo.
Lee Dover, William Clarence Hood,
Thomas Roland Bridges, Robert Anderson,
Jackson Xlvens, Grover Bolin,
M. B. Hudson McCluney, Ben
Rawlinson, William Patrick Pendleton.
Grier Adams, Joe Moore, Banks
Kirk Xivens, Joseph Florence Jackson.
Martin Luther Edwards, George
Hratton, Jim Wilson, George Walker
Ferguson, John Bates, William Robert
Clinton, Amzl Clinton Pratt.
Class 5?Rev. Howard McErwin
Wilson, Claude Parrott, James Miller,
Tommy Rawlinson.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? Mrs. C. E. Long, who has been
conducting a millinery business here
for the past two years, has returned
to Mount Olive, X. C.
JK- 3^-toa*lje4h
with C. E. Spencer, Esq., as law
clerk for the past twenty-three years,
has procured an office in the First
Xational bank, and will hereafter give
his whole time to his real estate business.
? At a regular meeting of Big Chief
Tribe No. 61, I. O. R. M., last Tuesday
night, previously elected officers
were installed as follows: W. D. Grist,
sachem; G. F. Grant, senior sagamore;
F. E. Quinn, junior sagamore;
M. W. Beach, chief of records; W. F.
Smith, collector of wampum; M. L.
Mitchell, keeper of wampum; C. Y.
White, prophet.
? Constable W. S. Peters 1b responsible
for the story of the "Swamptown"
negro woman who burned her
furniture. Betsy Ward is the name
of the woman. He says that he went
there to collect the rent and found
nothing in the house in the shape of
furniture. He was told that the furniture
had been burned.
? The local bottling works were
burglarized on December 21, and
among the articles missing were 25
pounds of sugar and a pistol. Later
a negro named A. M. Jeter was arrested
with the pistol and was sent
to the ehaineane for thirtv dava on
account of that. He will answer other
-charges later.
? The poatofflce people had quite a
lot of trouble last week because of
the cranky conduct of the combination
lock to the 9afe. Even with the
most patient coaxing the lock refused
to respond to the combination and
it held out quite stubbornly for a day
or two against electric drills, cold
chisels and sledge hammers. The
lock finally yielded after much hard
work, considerable delay and no little
inconvenience.
? The fuel situation has been considerably
relieved within the past
few days. Many people of the community
were already fortunate
enough to have adequate supplies of
coal and these did not have to be
looked after. As already stated, under
an arrangement by which the
town agreed to assume financial responsibility
and look after deliveries
from the yard of the Torkvtlle Cotton
Oil mill, Mr. Henry B. James, fuel
administrator, seized a car of coal
from Cannon * Co. Cannon A Co.,
needed the coal for their business, of
course; but made no protest in view
of the purpose of the seizure. The
coal was distributed around in 100
and 1,009 pound lots. At the same
time Paul N. Moore secured a car of ,
coal from some people at Dallas, and
the c. * w. railroad people kindly
turned back one of their engines
from Clover to go up and get It and
bring it down to Yorkvllle. This
coal was also distributed around
among all who represented themselves
in the rooet pressing need. No one
consumer was allowed more than 1,000
pounds and most of them were
limited to 600 pounds, fb* drivers
of the coal wagons worked incessantJy
end faithfully, notwithstanding the
Wsp snow and intense eo|d. It pas
a line work carried out in a fine spirit.
sli around. /Information today is
that tM Yortrflh Cotton oil cue- i
pan jr. Paul N. Moore and the Carroll
Hope that the situation wlB not again i
hecdpe so critical.
\ 1 f
Vmrn trrATfri|A*?rw ]
Mow** *.-? m at tranrtps of j
|^|| 1a (hi oflci of tb#
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htU.
O. A. Nelll to trustsss school district
No. 53. 2 acres, consideration
$50.
Bsthssda.
J. Steele Bnce. attorney, to Edwin
B. Craven, 27 3-8 acres, consideration
$1,200.
Broad River
J. A. Dickey and wife to T. B.
Hambright. 88 acres, consideration
$500.
J. A. Childers to R. W. Buice,
42 88-100 acres, consideration $1,050.
W. L. Hill to W. B. Sanders. 150
acres, consideration $1,177.11.
Walker McCaw to Naomie Cousar.
65 acres, consideration $50, one-half
interest.
E. M. Bankhead to R. F. Hankhead.
125 acres, consideration $1,250.
H. F. HartnesB to Hugh E. Robinson,
40 1-2 acres, consideration $1.013.
J. IS. Mickle to J. T. Crawford, 140
acres, consideration $1,750.
Marv S. Whitesides to ft'. L. '
Thomson, 91 acres, consideration 1
$275.
W. L. Hill to E. B. Hunter. 33 3-10
acrts, consideration $999.
Catawba.
E. F. Fralley to H. M. Dunlap, 2 <
lots, consideration $300.
J. R. Oettys to J. E. Edwards, 60
acres, consideration $1,500. j
W. A. Hunsucker to J. M. DeaChamps,
1 lot, $2,500.
Samuel Walker to Xorah Walker, 5 i
acres, consideration $162.
Mrs. Metto Xesbit to W. M. Dunlap.
217 acres; consideration not stated. .
W. T. Buice to E. H. and D. C.
Johnston. 1 lot, consideration $3,725. 1
Miller-ltoddey Realty Co.. to Lucy '
Black. 1 lot, consideration, $39.
Frank A. Carrigan to Henry Allen. ;
1-2 acre, consideration $2,500.
H. 11. Hitchcock to C. W. Ratterree,
99 acres, consideration $2 S60.90.
Mrs. Xannie Sowell to J. Webb
White, 1 lot, consideration $4,800.
S. E. Williford to Annie L. Myers.
59 acres, consideration $2,100.
Mrs. S. S. Plexico to H. A. Blanks. '
1 lot $1,500.
Jno. R. Hill to Bertha McManus, 2
lots, consideration $125.
Jno. R. Logan to H. C. Simpson.
1 lot. consideration $150.
Ebonszor.
Annie M. Bailey to E. F. Warner, i
147 acres, consideration $1,936. <
R. H. Hawkins to G. J. Allen, 161 I
acres, consideration $8,173.50.
Banks Hutchinson to J. C. Ed- i
wards, 26 8-10 acres, consideration t
$1,000. <
Mrs. Sallle W. Plexico to J. W. t
o'Xeal, 1 lot, consideration $400. <
Wm. M. Wilson to Anderson Mo- ?
tor Co., 1 lot. consideration $750. <
R. H. Land and Town Site Co., to 1
J. A. White, 3 lots, consideration '
$335. 1
Jno. R. Williams, trustee, to T. A. <
Matthews, 4 acres, consideration, $1,- 1
235. 1
Cammic B. Miller, et at., to Fred B. '
Smith, 1 lot, consideration $450.
Fort Mill.
V. I . nnilPR tn Mnttlo V P-irr 1m i
Ill 1-2 acres, consideration $5,000.
John J. Nichols to Elisabeth Alexander,
118 3-4 acres, consideration
$593.75.
J. P. Epps to Sam'l Epps, Jr., 19
acres, consideration $200.
King'* Mountain.
Janie Sanders, et al., to Joshua
Gill. 163 1-2 acres, consideration not
Kiven.
W. H. Hagans to H. A. Qulnn, 1
lot, consideration $300.
J, F. Unebergor to Wm. B. Falls,
41 3-4 acres, consideration $1,950.
W. W. Brown to J. F. Lineberger,
41 3-4 acres, $3, quit claim.
J. F. Lineberger to W. W. Brown,
41 3-4 acres, $3, quit claim.
York Real Estate Co., to W. M.
Gcttys, 17 7-8 acres, consideration
$679.33.
W. H. Hagans to M. M. Pendleton,
1 lot. consideration $300.
York,
F. G. Dpbson to M- Keens Dobson,
1 lot, consideration $200.
Jack McClure to Sam Gill, 1 lot,
consideration $60. i
J. U- Johnson to R. A-rBrattonjT
term:' lUJff mb. ~
Sam Johnson, Jr., to J. G. Johnson.
lot, consideration, $1.
Mattlc S. McDowell to J. 8. Mackorell,
1 lot, consideration $850.
It. A. Shllllnglaw, et al., to H. M.
Shillintrlaw, 39 1-2 acres, consideration
not given,
H. M. Shiltlnglaw to Oscar Allison,
29 1-2 acres, consideration $2,000.
W. H. Fowler to Mrs. Marie M.
Hart, 2 lots, consideration $3,500.
J. S. Mackorell to Ophelia D. Mackore!!,
1 lot, consideration $1.
Elisabeth R. Mobley to J. \V. and
J. R. Shillinglaw, 63 87-100 acres,
consideration $2,708.
E. E. Ramsey and Belle R. Ramsey <
to J. F. Atkins, 32 3-4 acres, consideration
$1,441F.
C. Riddle to S. L. Courtney, 56$
acres, $3,390.
J. A. Tate tp John and Lizzie Currence.
1 lot, consideration $250.
t
HERE AND THERE.
Mr. W. P. Whlteeldes, formerly of
Hickory Grove Np. 3. but for some
time past teaching school over In
Mecklenburg county, not far from the
Gold Hill section of Fort M'.*?township,
spent the Christmas holidays
with Rev. and Mrs. C, H. Xabors at
Carrollton. Ala. He returned home on
Thursday and was in Yorkville yesterday
to attend to the Ailing out of
his questionnaire. The section of
Alabama in whleh he visited was
formerly devoted to cotton; but now
it is given over entirely to >eanut,
corn and velvet bean raising, along
with cattle and hogs. Mr. Whitesides
says that this year the farme.*a made
from 40 to SO bushels of peanuts to the
acre and found ready sale for the
peanuts at SS a bushel and the hay
at 320 a ton. The farmers all have
plenty of money, and conditions generally
are prosperous. One farmer
near Mr. Nabors has about 100 head
of black polled angus cattle, and
large numbers of hogs. He Is feeding
his stock on velvet beans and corn.
Lewis M. Grist of The Enquirer
staff, spent the Christmas holidays In
Baltimore. Among the most striking .
things that attracted his attention
were the thousands and thousands of
soldiers and sailors he saw on the
streets and in all the public places
throughout the city. "Shortly after
I arrived," he says, "a soldteT approached
me with a handbag and a
five dollar bill, aqd requested as a
special favor that I go acrofs to a
nearby sallon, buy a pint of whiaky
and bring It back to him In the handbag.
I told him that I felt pained at
beinr unable to render such a small
favor, but u the saloon frui as close'
to him as It was to Die be bad better
go himself. As to whether he
had sized me up as a stfnple, I don't
know; but I did see quite a number of
soldiers who had managed to ret too
much liquor." During his stay in the
city, Mr. Grist says that he witnessed
the arrival of sixty aj-niy trucks,
each capable of accommodating 15
men. that had come through overland
frpm t>etrolt, Mich.
"Let me tall you about George
Koester. editor of the piedmont, over
at Greenville." said a soldier at Camp
Sevier, to Here and There not long
ago. "Do you know him? Well,
whether you know him or not, let me
tell you that he la just one of the
finest fellows you ever saw. That Is
what many of us soldiers think?all
of us in fact who have had the ropd
fortune to make hla acqyajntanee.
Tea, | know thht The Enquirer has
more than once said that be ia the
best newspaper roan In South Carolina;
but that is not all, by any
?ana, X bavs been to his boms a
half dozen times, and I have seen the
other side of him. The first time I
met him, be invited me oyt, and when
I want, I found ***sr*J ether soldiers
there?all privwtae and non-com*. 1
was at ones impressed that It was an
open hones preposition, and nobody
eewiwi 10 enjoy w mere uu. ju*.
Kotter and Mi* Koeatar. Why.
they jaK mtd* o? enjoy anraaivaa
with mule, cosvermtton sad 999*
things to eat. I *0 to htn horn
one of o party ?f aoUMara who were
to have been an eats at tha Boaatsr
i5E&3??cBE
MwwsdM h^^ltjru^oau Uka
Koester, who la Just aa fin* a woman]
u George la a man?he doea not heaU
tate to admit that he would never\
have been any rood except for her?
Juat naturally dropped Into the relation
of mother to all of ua, and we all
found ourselves feeling the same wa>
about It. We were one of the children
Juat like the others, and we
found ourselves rambling Into the
kitchen and the dining room, the
parlor or elsewhere just the same as
when mother did evervthinr fur us at
home. And George was the the same
way. Just like old Santa Glaus all
day. Such a dinner! It was the
greatest ever. Turkey and cranberrj
sauce, twice as much fried chicken
as all of us could eat, celery, rice
and gravy, plum pudding, maccaroni
with cheese, sausage, spare ribs, coffee,
milk?everything. Including cigars
and cigarettes. We had music.
Mr. Koester told us interesting anecdotes
and funny jokes, and Mrs. Koester
talked and smiled and worried
about our Imaginary troubles at the
camp. Jt was a great day. all too
Khort, but never to be forgotten. We
have been talking about It since
whenever two or three of us have
been together, and when we get to
France we will remember it there.
Previously 1 had only thought of
George Koester as the best newspaper
man in the state: but now I am impressed
that this is not his strongost
point. He is bigger and better In his
home and without intending to flatter
or detract, I say with all seriousness
that Mrs. Koester is bigger than
he ia"
Dr. W. W. Fennell returned to his
home in Rock Hill, Wednesday morning,
after a ten days' visit to his sister,
Mrs. Addle Hackler, at Cloud's Chief,
Oklahoma. The doctor had u most
enjoyable trip of it, and as usual Is
telling of some interesting and omugng
happenings during his visit Dr.
Kennell said to a group of friends on
fhn twoin Wu/lnAuHa v? fKnf a Kaii t ton
kllV IIUIII ?' VUIIV.OUUJ VII1A V UWVUV VVM
lays ago after a good dinner, he was
talking to Mrs. Fennell about various
hings, and suddenly toe..said, "Well,
Mary, if you were quit*? well. I would
?o to see Addle." Mrs. Fennell urged
film to go and said she could pack his
jrip in a few minutes. The doctor
lemurred and Mrs. Fennell urged. Finally
flipping a coin, it came heads and
he was on his way within two hours
ifter the notion struck him. "I hadn't
leen my sister In twenty-four years,
ind when I got out there I drove up to
the house. My sister met me at the
ioor. I didn't tell her who I was and
she didn't recognize me. I asked
ivhere her husband was. She replied
[hat he was down in Texas looking
ifter some land deal. I then introluced
my business. I told her 1 was
selling steel fence posts?the whole
:ountry out there is under wire?and
[hat I could sell them a first-class
steel post for about half what wooden
[X>8t8 would cost. She told me she
lidn't know anything about fence
Bosts, but that I might talk to her
>ldest son. By that time," said Dr.
Rennell, 'I was so full of laughter that
[ couldn't hold myself down and I
look off my hat. As soon as my sister
saw my bald head, she said, 'Oh, 1
know you now.' She had a photograph
I had sent her, taken with my
lat off. Well, I certainly enjoyed my
stay out there. It Is a great country,
But not as good an this." While at his
dster's home Dr. Fennell enjoyed the
lovelty of a Jack-rabbit hunt. Everyjody
keeps grey hounds to run the
rabbits, as these dogs are the only
tind that can Interest the Jack rabbit.
'My nephew had three hounds ai d
ihortly after we started out the dogs
started a rabbit, and in a minute or
:wo all three of the dogs were chasing
i different rabbit. I watched one race,
rhe dog ran so faBt that he ran over
:he rabbit, and by the time he could
recover himself the rabbit would be
jone in another direction. The dog
tvould run over htm again, and this
thing kept up until the dog and rabbit
Both were worn out, and there's the
Bead of the rabbit." said the doctor, as
Be displayed the closely trimmed, longsarod
head of a Jack rabbit AnBther
thing that Interested Dr. Fennell
In Oklahoma was a grain that is
trown there called maize. It grows
lomewriBi iixe our Burgnum, nui quite
bo tall, and heads out with a well-flUaft.
Ha"* ofjg??a Bf iy ^ tout
w nlppoorwiirpeas. This matters used
for stock, hog and poultry feeding and
Is also extensively used for adulteration
of flour. It grinds up into a
beautiful white flour or meal and is
wholesome and nourishing. Dr. Fennell
said he had arranged to have several
bushels of the seed shipped to him
In the spring and he is going to distribute
the seed among his farmer
friends. It is a valuable crop in Oklaioma
and Dr. Fennell believes that it
will prove a valuable addition to the
rops grown in York county.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
Schools Get State Money.
On December 31, the state superintendent
of education, appropriated
high school money In York county as
follows: Clover, 3320; Fort Mill, 3250:
Rock HUl. 3350; Yorkville. 3250.
rransferred to Hickory Grove.
Rev. Elsie Myers has been transferred
from the charge of Manchester
and Highland Park mills, at
Rock Hill, to the Hickory Grove clreult.
Subject to Arrest.
Local Board No. 2, has turned over
to 8heriff Qulnn the names of the
following registrants, all colored,
vho have failed to return their quesionalres:
Jesse Eekue, order No. 12;
Paul Crockett, order No. 16; John
Bennett, order No. 67; Clinton Lojan,
order No. 114; Ernest Davidson,
>rder No. 136. All are subject to arrest
wherever they may be found.
Jelegation Meeting.
Senator Beamguard and Represeutitive
Mitchell were present in Yorkgrille
on Wednesday on account of the
lelegation meeting called for that
lay. Because of the weather, bowevir,
and because of the fact that the
lotice had not been widely dlasemlnited,
there having been no rural route
nails on Tuesday, the attendance was
lulte small. In fact nothing of gen>ral
public interest was presented.
rhe Railroads and the Cold.
The Southern railway management
tas been put to considerable trouble
>n the Marlon and Kingvllle division
luring the past week on account of
frozen water tanks. For several
lays it has been impossible to get
rater at the Yorkville tank. There
vas a supply of water at Blacksburg
ind the next available supply was at
lock Hill and the next below that
vas at Hanging Rock. Railway secion
forces have been unable to do any
rack work during the past three
seeks. The ground has been frozen
ill the time and a good part of the
line the track has been covered with
mow. The Motion (ion have only
>een able to keep witch points clear
if Ice and auch email Jobs as could be
lone under present oondlUona. Caawba
river was frozen across at the
loptbera railway brides below Caawba
Junction on Tuesday afternoon.
3road river was also frozen over ez*pt
for a small space In the middle
:hahnel. Smaller streams generally
vere frozen.
re Qo Direct to Divisions.
The York county local boards have
-ecelved the following from Richard
E. Carwile, in charge of the local
rtate headquarters In Columbia:
That until farther order no more
nen should be Inducted for the quarermasttr
corps sad sent to Camp
rohnston, Jacksonville. Flo.. and that
10 more raee should ho Inducted for
iviatlon section signal corps and
tent to Kelly Yield, flan Antonio,
facia. Teligram has already stopped
nductlon for the ordnance depart'
neut authorised fly tela grew a-??1.
f boards have already accepted men
or the guartermaater corps. Camp
rohnston. fla., for the aviation aad*on
signal corps Sally Field, flan
kntenlo. To, or for the' ordnance do.
wrtmant, BarMav. N. J, sueh men
ibetft. not ho sent at praasnt, but
tw? should wise ma string number of
sff-.oo inducted said held and - fntmrflone
will be ghren aa to thetr
lUpomilon . The inductions to be
topped are those specifically refered
to herein. IndflSttan of JflflMdtale
authorised by IndfvMnaf dodsr
igned by re presents three of staff
ms authorizing or stopping induebe
immediately acted upon by
. nl?. The Induction system muit
inflexible and immediately respon[
t to central control. The Induces
herein stopped are ordered by
irl adjutant general of the army at
\41 request of the several staff corps
t? cerned and are now ordered stop'
i at the request of the same staff
If* '
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
f Columbia got I24.S52.76 during
.holidays in the shape of hnes.
?yiy front violation of the liquor
? Roland Thompson, a negro, was
drowned last Wednesday, while trying
to cross the frozen river at Blair.
S. C.
? The quartermaster at Camp Jackson.
on December 1, commandeered all
the woolen blouses in stock in the
'city of Columbia.
' ? The Gaffney town council has taken
charge of the fuel situation and
has sent a messenger to the mines to
see what can be done.
? Traffic had to be suspended over the
Wateree river near Camden last
Wednesday, on account of the large
quantities of ice in the channel.
? The state highway commission
has already issued 2,000 automobile licenses
for the year lalti. although
motorists still have a month in which
to sccurte the new tags. License fees
collected by the commission tor the
past year amounted to $113,606.71.
buck to the authorities of the various
counties in the slute this being 80
per ccut of the entire sum collected.
The balance was turned over to the
state
? News and t'ourier: A statement
by the state board of chanties and
corrections shows that out of every 1,UuO
men mustered into the service
from tiic two Curolmas and Florida.
14.5 were rejected becuusc of feeblemindedness.
"The rejections per 1,ooo
?n account of fceble-miudednesa
for the three states separately." says
the statement, "were: South Carolina.
13; North <*arolina, 16.5: Florida.
11.4." One thing that the statement
aid not deal wttn, but which is a tact,
,s that everyone of these men rejected
for fceblc-inindedness must have
been passed by the medical authbritics
of some local board us fit for
military service, otherwise they
would not have reached Camp Jackson.
? According to a ruling received
last Tuesday by William Hlliott, state
iood administrator from Herbert
Hoover, any amount of cotton seed
loss than ten tons may be considered
as retail, and ten tons or more shall
oc considered a wholesale proposition.
.aoi exceeding ?;.?? auovo me price
agreed upon as constituting the retail
price of seed per ton, $51, and. on the
wholesale proposition, which Is limited
to $46.50 per ton. the buyer shall
not be charged higher than the
agreed price, plus any dra>age or
cartage that may be necessary to
make delivery, states the ruling, which
follows: "Any quantity of otton
seed meal consisting of less than ten
tons may be considered us a retail
sale, for which not exceeding $2.50
per ton above the agreed retail price
may be charged, and any quantity of
ten tons or more shall be considered
a wholesale proposition, and the buyer
of same shall not be charged exceeding
the ugreed price plus any
drayuge or cartage that may be necessary
to make delivery."
MERE-MENTION
The membership of the national
Red Cross is now over 22,000,000.
....(Jen. Allenby reported from Jerusalem
on January 1, that during the
few duys previous the British forces
had killed over 1,000 Turks and nad
captured 7,600 There Is said to
be a strong movement In Lower California
looking to secession from Mexico
While testifying before the
senate investigating committee last
Monduy, General Crozler, chief of ordnance.
said that all soldiers under
urms would be provided with modi- {
tU~HWKiiII fans '' "T
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In a Hurry for 8oldiora.?Speedy
dispatch of American troops to the
European battle front Is the principal
recommendation made to the government
by American delegates, headed
by Col. E. M. House, who recently returned
from the Interallied War Council
at Purls. Speeding up of the merchant
shipbuilding programme and a
closer co-operation with co-belligerents
are the other principal recommendations.
This has Just been disclosed by the
state department, which made public
a summary of the results of the conference.
Through a new organization
arrangements were made to devote the
"greatest amount of tonnage possible
for transportation of the American
troops," and a definite plan was formed
for more active utilization of the
American naval forces. Agreement
was made with the British admiralty
to effect certain plans for anti-submarine
warfare. Contribution of the
United States for the pooling of war
resources was also agreed upon. The
arrangement guarantees that full
equipment of every kind will be available
for American forces sent to Europe
In 1918.
Profiteers 'n Food/-?The Federal
Food _ Board did more than post a
closed piacara in me window of the
New York wholesale grocer who had
been selling at prices above the law*
ful schedules. The board put the
dealer out of business for the tenn of
the war. This grocer had been hoarding
up sugar. The price set by the
board Is ten cents a pound and the
grocer had been selling the commodity
at sixteen cents or a profit of
six cents above the legal rate. It was
upon the suggestion of Mr. Hoover
that the license was revoked?and the
grocer may thank his stars that It was
no more. As Colonel Bunch McBee
would say. he "got oft tollable light-**
All throughout the country the
agents of the Pood Administration
are exercising unusual diligence in the
matter of running down violators of
the law and the indications are that
during the earlier months of the year
we are going to see quite a subsidence
in profiteering enterprise In all lines
of buslnesa?Charlotte Observer.
? A train on the Southern Pacific 1
railroad was attacked Wednesday
morning 32 miles south of Empalme. ~
Bonora. and from 20 to 10 paasen^
gcrs were killed, according to advlees
received at Tusoon, Arizona In the
afternoon. The conductor and an express
messenger were among those
killed. Some of the passengers were
from Tucson but their names have
not been learned. The attack was by
Yaqul Indiana The train was the
continuation of the one which left
N'ogales, Aria, Tuesday. Advices said
me kikk occurrea ti fttthtyi. A
military escort of about 76 federal soldi
em cm board was treat!y outnumbered.
The Indiana tor* up the
tracks, derailing the train. They
then attacked a rear car in Which the
passengers, mostly Mexicans, were
massacred, looted the baggage and
express cars and rode away.
Automobile Mails From Washing- J
ton.?Fourth Assistant Postmaster /
General Blakeslee, after hearing Con* j'gressman
Stevenson on the subject.
has authorised the congressman to
state that the poetoOce department
expects to establish a trunk Itaa of
automobile mail transportation fun- >
alng from Washington via Richmond.
Raleigh. Ctaemw, Camden, Columbia i
to Augusta. That this would be the
main line to which lateral brenehse,
coming probably an far down as Horry,
by way of MqStlna. Dillon and BannettgrlUe,
would be united at Cbasnw.
and from probably as low down as
Georgetown eonaty, by way ef W%erowe
Is sonnset at either McBee or
Camden, fheee -lateral Itneo. have already
been prnctiaally promised lb Oongreeaman
Bagndale, before be loft for
his Chrtetan mumdoo. but tho Mention
of the tnrnk line wan not determined
?n nam the merits of the capital
to capital highway which eroaoos
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